Where is our heartbeat bill?

It is finally warm in the Detroit area. It has been a cool spring. I heard this has set a record for the latest in the year to finally hit 80F. I’m not complaining. I like bicycling in cool weather.



Pamela Merritt has something to say to all those lawmakers who are rushing to pass abortion bans based on the heartbeat of the embryo, saying they are pro-life.

Black women and infants in Missouri are 3 to 4 times more likely to die from pregnancy complications. Where’s our heartbeat bill? Where is our legislative urgency? Shame on you and all who claim to be prolife yet only serve white supremacy.

This is more proof that anti-abortion laws are not about abortion. They’re about tying women to children. They’re about misogyny.



A quote from The Lassa Ward: One Man’s Fight Against One of the World’s Deadliest Diseases by Ross Donaldson. Though it was written in 2009 it is still accurate:

Seeing modern health care from the other side, I can say that it is clearly not set up for the patient. It is frequently a poor arrangement for doctors as well, but that does not mitigate how little the system accounts for the patient's best interest. Just when you are at your weakest and least able to make all the phone calls, traverse the maze of insurance, and plead for health-care referrals is that one time when you have to your life may depend on it.